Academy stars to be given their first-team opportunities as the Catalan coach aims to mastermind record fifth successive League Cup success
An injury crisis at Manchester City will see Pep Guardiola turn to the club’s youth academy for their Carabao Cup clash with League One opponents Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday.
City are aiming to lift the trophy for a record fifth successive season with their last defeat in the competition back in October 2016.
However, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Rodri, Oleksander ZInchenko and Zack Steffen were all missing from Saturday’s 0-0 draw with Southampton while Guardiola is set to rest a host of senior players with difficult trips to Chelsea, Paris St-Germain and Liverpool coming immediately after the League Cup clash.